SynthMakertor ·
A tourist walked into a pet shop and was looking at the animals on display. While he
was there, another customer walked in and said to the shopkeeper, "I'll have a CAD
monkey please."
The shopkeeper nodded, went over to a cage at the side of the shop and took out a
monkey. He fitted a collar and leash, handed it to the customer, saying, "That'll be
$5000." The customer paid and walked out with his monkey.
Startled, the tourist went over to the shopkeeper and said, "That was a very
expensive monkey. Most of them are only few hundred dollars. Why did that one cost
so much?"
The Shopkeeper answered, "Ah, that monkey can draw in CAD - very fast, clear
layouts, no mistakes, well worth the money."
The tourist looked at a monkey in another cage. "That one's even more expensive!
"Oh, that one's a Design monkey; it can design systems, layout projects, mark-up
drawings, write specifications, some even calculate. All the really useful stuff," said
the shopkeeper.
The tourist looked around for a little longer and saw a third monkey in a cage of its
own. The price tag around its neck read $50,000. He gasped to the shopkeeper,
"That one costs more than all the others put together! What on earth does it do?"
The shopkeeper replied, "Well, I haven't actually seen it do anything, but it says it's
an Engineer."
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